Thunberg is currently sailing across the Atlantic in a solar-powered yacht (Photo: Instagram/Greta Thunberg)

UKIP Funder Arron Banks has been criticized for a Tweet joking about climate activist Greta Thunberg and 'freak yachting accidents'.

Nobel Peace Prize nominee Thunberg is currently sailing to the US in a solar-powered yacht. Her zero-carbon journey across the Atlantic will take two weeks.

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Banks made his joke in response to a tweet by Green Party MP for Brighton Caroline Lucas. She said: "Bon voyage to Greta Thunberg for her two-week zero-carbon trip by sail across the North Atlantic. She's carrying the vital message to the UN that time is running out to address the climate emergency."

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